Railroad scoop-car.



L. E. JOHNSON.

RAILROAD S000? OAR.

ArPLIoArxoH FILED Jima zo. 1912.

Patentewov. 11, 1913.

L.- E. JOHNSON. RAILROAD SCOOP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED .1UNB29,.1912.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

5 SHEETS-SHEET Y Y L.' E. JHNSON.

RAILROAD SCOOP CAR, APPLIOATIOH FILED 111112129, 1912.

PantedNov. 11, 1913.y

PatenteaiNov-11, 1913.

L. B. JOHNSON.

RAILROAD SCOOP CAR.

v .APPLIOATION FILED JUNBZQ, 1912.

1,078,289. Patented Nov.`11, 1913.

s SHEETS-SHEET 5.

UNITED srATEs ,PATENT OFFICE.

LUGIUS EaJOHNSON, 0F`ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

BAILRQAD scoorman. l

Application filed I une To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that. I, LUCIUs E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia,V have-invented certain new Vand, useful Improvements in Railroad Scoop- Cars; Vand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of N the scoop resting upon the track at its for ward end when being loaded and being raised at said forward end from the track and carried away with the car to a oint 'where the debris is to be unloaded t erefrom. A car of this type was patented to- L. E. Johnson, June 14, 1904, numbered 762,314, in which the scoop washinged to theend of a car,the pivot pin .being arranged transversely to the car and.l track whereby the front end might be raised olf the track when loaded, in a verticalplane i parallel with the track, and the sides of the scoop were hinged to the base plate in order that they might be lowered to positions in line with the base plate to permit the load to be removed from the scoop at the sides thereof and of the track by shoveling or other manuallyo'perated means.

The present invention is in the nature of an improvement-rapen the subject matter of the aforesaid patent, and its object is to increase the utility of suchv devices byproviding means for carrying Aand loading ay sooo-plas in said patented construction, and in addition thereto, means wherebythe un. loading of the scoop is facilitated by eliminating the necessity ofl any 'manually opera vated unloading devices such as shovels and the like.

With these objects, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, in view, the

invention consists in the improved construc-` tion, arrangement and l'.c'or-1bint1on of the parts ,of a scoop car whichjwill be'iheremf after fully described and .afterward specifically claimed.

v In order -fthat the construction and operai tion of the invention maybe (readilyrcomJ indicates the 'floor of the car, 2 and 3 the Specification ofI Letters Patent.

prehended, I will now proceed to particularly describe an approved embodiment thereof which I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in which,-

Figure l representsin side elevatioman end of a car, parts being broken away, and the scoc being shown in longitudinal sec'- t1on, hinged to the car with its front end restin on the track rails in position `to be force under debris onl the track. Fig. 2 represents, in perspective, on a reduced scale the end ofa car with a scoop hinged thereto, with its front end raised from the-track in the position to be carried awayfwith vthe carto be dumped.' Fig. 3 represents, in perspective, the parts shown in Fig. 2, the ,scoop being shown' in vdumping position. Fig. 4l represents, in plan, on'an enlarged scale,one half of the base plate of the-scoop, detached rom-the'car, `showing the details of'construction. Fig, .5A represents, in side elevation, a scoop detached from the car, the yrear lower corner beingbroken away. Fig. 6 represents, in longitudinal section, the 'scoop-carrying plateby means of which it is hinged vto the car, showing the details. of construction. view, one longitudinal half of the scoopcarrying plate, detached from' the car. Fig. 8 represents, in Side elevation, the scoopy carrying plate. Fig. 9 represents, in vertical longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale,

in vertical transverse' section, on an enlarged scale in partial dumplngposition, the de-\ 'tails of construction being, shown.

Like reference characters indicate the same' parts, wherever they appear in anyof the iigures of the drawing.

A. car'equipped 1n accordance.withv my ins Fig. 7 represents, in plan vention carries asuitable engine or motor' which will be`referred to hereinafter, but inasmuch as such engine or motor may be of any approved type and forms no part of the invention proper, I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate it. The general de `tails of'iconstruction of the car, which may be of anylapproved typel have also been omitted in the drawings except Wherethey are directly connected to and constructed to co-.

operaiey with the. scoop and its operative mechanism.

Referring specifically to the drawings,

. of which, depends a metallic plate 5, tothe front face of which is secured, by means of suitable bolts 6, a casting 7, which supports.

the coupling 8 (Fig. 9).

At a short distance from the front end ofthe car a suitable inclined beam or bracket 9 is secured to each side of the car frame by bolts 10, 11, and at the forward lower ends of these inclined beams or brackets, a supplementary cross beam 12 is supported, by means of suitable plates or castings 13 and bolts 14 and 15, the bolts 15 passing through the beam`12 and plate 5.

By removing the securing bolts and nuts,

the supplementary beam 12 may be readily. removed and replaced, or a new one substrtuted when desired, such supplementary beam forming no-part of the main frame of the car.

The construction of the parts of the front end of the car may be varied from that described, the object being to provide a strong support for the supplementary cross beam 12 which receives great strain during the operation of the scoop as will be hereinafter-described. Suitably secured and projecting below and in front of the said supplementary cross beam 12, at eachside of the car, is a bracket 16, which forms one member of the two-hinge connections for the scoopcarrying or supporting plate as hereinafter described, each of said brackets 16 being provided with a horizontal slot. as at 17.

At 18 is indicated the scoop-carrying or supporting plate, which is of suitable strong construction, being provided at its front end with a. transverse-bearing plate 19 to rest upon the track when the scoop is being thrust into the debris on the roadway, and at its rear end with depending ears 20 having openings 21 through which, and theslots 17, is passed the horizontal transverse pin 22, by means uit which the plate is pivotally connected to the front end of the car, whereby said ijdel-e is permitted to be raised 'at its forwaiwi end oli? the track for the purposes stated.

The scoop-carrying or supporting plate 18 is provided with a vertical rear end plate 23, secured by rivets, Fig. 6, or other suitable' means, in position to contact with the additional removable cross beam 12, so that the said crossbeam will receive the rearward l,

end thrust or strain put upon the supporting plate and scoop when the latter is forced into the debris and thereby loaded, thereby relieving the main frame, and especially the main end beam 4, of the wear and injury incident to such end thrust avoiding the necessity of removing and replacing or renewing of said cross beam 4 or other parts of the main frame. The supporting plate is further provided with rigid sides 24 and I with transverse bars or narrow plates 25, 26,

riveted to the plate and having vertical ends 27, 28, riveted to the sides and projecting above them and provided with horizontal, longitudinal tubular endsor barrels 29, 30, at their upper ends, the barrels 29 on each end ,receiving a' pin 31 hereinafter referred to, andthe barrels 30 being arranged in pairs to receive between each pair a similar barrel 32 at the lower end of a vertical strap 33 riveted-to the sides 34 ofthe scoop 35, said sides being either integra-l with or rigidly securd to the base plate or bottom 36 of the scoop. The barrels 30 and 32 receive removable pins 37, which, when the scoop is supported on the carrying or supporting plate 18, form the means whereby the scoop is held on the supporting plate, aS in Fi 1 and 2, but which, when the scoop is to dumped' laterally, as hereinafter described, form hinge pins or pintles, those on one side of the scoop being removed when the schop is to -be dumped on the opposite side of the track, as' in* ig;'3."'" Vertical straps 38 are also riveted to thesides of the scoop and carry at -their lower ends, barrels 39 for purposes hereinafter described.

Riveted to the bottom orbase plate of the scoop are bars 40 which project beyond the forward end of the-scoop and have their forward projecting ends 41 sharpened or pointed inorder to facilitate the entrance of the scoop into 'the debris, the forward ends of the sides of- Vthe-'sooop, as at 42,l sloped olf from top to bottom lfor the `same purpose, and the edges of ,the said sides v being strengthened andv reinforced by means of strips or bars* 43 riveted thereto.

The'lcar, when equipped -for operating this near its lowerbea'ring on the car body, is

fixed a horizontalpulley 50 connected, suitable oable'or beltl with the engine or motor heretofore mentioned but not illustrated, whereby the post may be rotated and the'boom swung around l:from side to side above the scoop. Y f

On the rotary post 47, below and in line with'tho boom are secured bearing brackets 52 for a pulley 53,'which projects through a vertical slot into the hollow post, the inner periphery of the pulley'being in the central axial line'of the post,`and, below the lower end of the hollow rotary post, a ulley 54 is mounted inbearings on the car-body, the front side of the periphery ot said pulley ery of the pulley 53.

At the -outer endlof the boom 48am journaled two pulleys, 55, side by side, and a 'cablweforbelt 56 from the engine or motor is passed under 'pulley 54, up the hollow post 47, around or over the pulley 53, outward to the end of the boom, andr over one of the pulleys 55, whence it passes down and around a central pulley 57 journaled in a lao doubletree 58,-thence up again and around the other pulley 55 at the end of the boom, and again down to a bail 59 which straddles the doubletree and is pivotally engaged on the -ends of the journals of the pulley 57 lAt each end of the doubletree 58 is suspended a bail 60. t

Bylthe means described the boom may be swung around to bring the doubletree into positions above the frontend, on either si e of the scoop. lIn order' to raise the forward end of the supportin late 18, and consequently'the scoop, o t e track when it is desiredfopmove the car, with scoop attached,

the boom is swung around to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the bails 60 are straddled over barrels 29, onvplates 27, on the sides of the carrying late 18, and the pins 31 slipped into the ails and barrels, in

which position, the forward end of the sup.

porting plate will be supported clear of the rails. During the removalv of the car and loaded scoo parts will be in position :just described with thepins 37 engaged in the barrels 30 and 32 on -both rsides of the scoop andV its supporting plate,lirmly holding these parts together. "When, however, the dumping place is reached, the bails'GO are disengaged by the. withdrawal of theA pins. 31," the pins 37 withdrawnfrom the barrels 30 and 32 on the -side opposite to that on whichY .the scoop is to-be-dumped, thel hollow post partially rotated to swing the boom around to a position above the side -of the scoop on which the pins 37 havev been withdrawn, the bails 60 straddled over the barrels 29fand the pins 61 insertedin'saidbai-ls and barraised oil' the supporting plate 18, thestill I. :of the sooo engaged pins -37 on the opposite side serving as hinge pins or pintles. When the operation is proceeding, the hollow post may also be rotatedand the boom swung around toward the dumping side, and the free side until the and labor being obvious., Tol Yrestore the to the dumping place, the

carriedaround on its pintles. umping position of Fig. 8 is reached, when the contents of the scoop will be dumped. on the side of the track and v bletree with the front end of the scoop# supporting plate, and raise the latter oil the track to the position of, Fig.2.

The construction and operation of the invention will be readily comprehended from the foregoing'without further description, and the improvement over the former cited patent will -be obvious, and while I have described specifically the construction and operative relation of the various parts, it will be obvious to those skilled in this art that many slight changes and variations may be made therein, without`departing from the spirit and scope of-the invention.

Having thus described my invention, 'what I claim as new is 1. In combination,` a" scoop-supporting plate adapted to'be hin ed to the end of an a car,-a scoop, means for removably him,-

ing the scoop along one side to the support-ing plate, and means .for securing the scoop along its op-posite side to the supporting plate. I f v 3. In combination, a car, a scoop-supporting platey connected theneto by a hinge having a transverse pintle, and a scoop con-- inected to the supporting plate by hinges having longitudinal pint-les. 4f. In combination, a car, a scoop-supporting plate connectedthereto by a hingen having a `transverse pintle, and a scoop confnected to the supporting plate on either :side by hinges havingl longltudinal pintles.

5. In combination, a car, a scoop-supporting plate connected thereto by a hinge having a transversepintle, and a scoop-con# nected to the supporting plate on both sides pintles l 6. In combination, a\ car, a scoop supporting plate, 'a hinge having a transverse p pintle connecting the plate to the car, a scoop, a hingewithja longitudinal pintle hinging one side of the scoop to one side of the plate, and' a second hinge having a removable lon- ,gitudinal pintle securing the other side of the scoop to the other side of the plate.

lbyQhinges having removable longitudinal 7. In combination, a car provided with aframe comprising a main endbeam, a sup- 3p 1e` rnentary end beam secured below the main fend beam, .a scoop support connected to v y the supplementary end beam, a scoop on the support, and means whereby the support may swing on its connection with the sup-J 8. In combination, a car provided-with a frame comprising a main end beam, a supplementary end beam; secured below the main end beam, a scoop support connected tothe supplementary end beam, a scoop on the support, means for raising the scoop support, and hinged connections along the sides for securing the scoop to its support, said hinge-d' connections being releasablewhereby when one of them is raised, the scoop may be dumped laterally on the other connection as a hinge. y y

9. In combination, a carfprovided with a frame, comprising a main end beam, a supplementary end 'beam secured below theinain end beam, a scoop supportconnected to the supplementary end beam, a scoop on the support, means for raising the scoop support, hinged connections along the sides for securing the scoop to its support, said hinged connections being releasable whereby when one of them is raised, the scoop may be dumped laterally on the other connection as a hinge, and' means for tilting the scoop on said hinge connections in a transverse vertical pla-ne.

10. In combination a car, a scoop hngedly connected to one end thereof to swing in a longitudinal vertical plane and torest with its outer end on the track, and means carried bythe car for raising the outer end off the track andfor tilting the scoop sidewise, said means comprising a derrick having a rotary pest and a boom extending outwardly from said post over the scoop.

11. In combination, a car, a scoop supporting plate hinged to one end thereof, straps secured to the plate near the front end .thereof terminating in barrels, a derrick carried by the car, adoubletree suspended from the derrick, bails suspended at the ends of the doubletree and adapted to straddle thebarrel's, and a pin adapted to be passed through cach bail and itsstraddled barrel. y

12. In combination, a car', a scoop hingcdly connected to one end thereof and constructed to tilt sidewise, straps on one side of i supporting plate, or the barrels of either side t of the scoop, and a pin for each bail adapted name to this specification in the presence of the scoop terminating in -barrels, a derrick carried by the car, a doubletree suspended from the derrick, bails suspended from the Aends of the doubletree adapted to straddle the bails, and a pin adapted to be paeeed 85 through each bail and its straddled barrel.

13. In combination, a car, a

hingedly connected to one endthereof an 4constructed to tilt sidewise, straps on both sides of the scoop terminating in a derrickcarried by the car,"adoubletm suspended from the derrick, bails. suspended from the ends of the doubletree adapted to straddle the bails of either sides, and a pin adapted to be passed through each bail and its straddled barrel. l

14. In combination,a car,a scoop-supporting plate hinged to the end thereof, a wwwr supported on the plate and adapted to tilt sidewise, straps at the outer end of the pld terminating in barrels, straps on of the scoop terminating in barrels, l derrick carried by the car, a doubletree IID- pended from the derrick, bai1sv` from the doubletree and adapted to al the barrels of: the supporting pla or v barrels of the scoop, and a pin for each heil ladapted to pass through the bei] and ill straddled barrel. i

151 In combination,a car,a scoop-enpport ing plate hinged to the end thereof, l woop supported on the plate and adapted t0 tilt and adapted to straddle the barrels of the to pass through the bail and its straddled l barrel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my two subscribing witnesses.

LUCIUS E. JOHNSON.

" Wvitnesses:

JEROME C. SNAVELY, LUcIAsH. Cocxn.

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